Improvement in pocket-books



W. WILKINSON.

POCKET-BOOK.

Patented Fe-b. zo; 1877.

hNo.187.499

Invenor.

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N. PEIERS, PHOTGLATHOGRAFHR, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WILKINSON, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POCKET-BOOKS.y

Specification forming part` of Letters Patent No. 187,499, dated February 20, 1877; application filled December 21, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WILKINSON, of the city of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, commercial traveler, have invented an Improvement in Pocket-Books for Containing Bank-Bills, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification,

-rei'erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to construct a bank-note or greenback pocket-book in such a manner that the denominations of the bills or notes held therein may he ascertained, and one or more of them removed without openingl -the said pocket-book. It consists in cutting structed,'in every respect, the same as others of the same class, except that one or two holes,- A, of oval or other suitable shape, are cut through the back B of the said book, which holes are protected by the leather slides C titting` between the back B and lining D. The cord E is connected to the slides C, and by it they are drawn open when it is desired to do so. When the tension is oi the cord, the springs F cause the slides C to spring back and close the holes A.

The advantages of my improved pocketbook are that it is not necessary to open it in order to find out the'nu-mber or denomination of the bills held within it, nor is it necessary to do so for the purpose of removing any or all ot' the said bills.

What I claim as my invention is- '.Ihe slides C, operated by the cord E, and springs F, in combination with the back B, provided with the openings A, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM WILKINSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. AIRD, DONALD AC. RIDoUT. 

